Janny Knol

{{Short description|Dutch police officer (born 1969)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Janny Knol | image = Janny Knol.jpg | caption = Knol in 2024 | office = Chief Commissioner of the National Police Corps | preceded = Henk van Essen | term_start = March 1, 2024 | monarch = Willem-Alexander | 1blankname = Minister of Justice and Security | 1namedata = {{plainlist| *Dilan Yeşilgöz *David van Weel *Foort van Oosten}} | deputy = Liesbeth Huyzer | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1969|8}} | office2 = Chief of the East Netherlands regional police unit | term_start2 = 2022 | term_end2 = 2024 | predecessor2 = Oscar Dros | office3 = Deputy Chief of the North Netherlands regional police unit | term_start3 = 2019 | term_end3 = 2022 | predecessor3 = Gery Veldhuis | alma_mater = Open University | birth_place = Rotterdam | citizenship = Netherlands }} '''Janny Knol''' (born 13 August 1969) is a Dutch police officer who has been the Chief Commissioner (''Eerste Hoofdcommissaris'') of the National Police Corps since March 2024.<ref name="politie.nl">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-29 |title=Nieuwe korpschef Janny Knol: 'Zorgen dat de politie midden in de samenleving blijft staan' |url=https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2024/februari/29/00-nieuwe-korpschef-janny-knol-zorgen-dat-de-politie-midden-in-de-samenleving-blijft-staan.html |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=www.politie.nl |language=nl}}</ref> She has worked for the police since 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |last=redactie |first=Door |date=2023-11-18 |title=Nieuwe politiekorpschef Janny Knol werkte meer dan 10 jaar bij de politie in Zwolle |url=https://www.rtvfocuszwolle.nl/nieuwe-politiekorpschef-janny-knol-werkte-meer-dan-10-jaar-bij-de-politie-in-zwolle/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=RTV Focus |language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Knol CV |url=https://www.politie.nl/binaries/content/assets/politie/nieuws/2023/november/cv-janny-knol.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122093349/https://www.politie.nl/binaries/content/assets/politie/nieuws/2023/november/cv-janny-knol.pdf |archive-date=2023-11-22 |access-date=2024-05-21 }}</ref>

== Education and career == Knol studied at the Meander College in Zwolle from 1981 to 1985. She then followed a three-year study in Social Work in the same city. In 1988, Knol started studies at the Netherlands Police Academy which she graduated from in 1993. Knol started her career in the police at the age of 21 as a police officer in Deventer.

In the early years she was active in various police regions, such as ''IJsselland'', ''Gelderland-Midden'' and ''Twente''. In 1995 she continued her studies in Legal Sciences at the Open University. Between 2000 and 2010, Knol followed several masters in leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CV Janny Knol |url=https://www.politie.nl/binaries/content/assets/politie/nieuws/2023/november/cv-janny-knol.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122093349/https://www.politie.nl/binaries/content/assets/politie/nieuws/2023/november/cv-janny-knol.pdf |archive-date=November 22, 2023 |website=Politie.nl}}</ref>

From 2013 to 2019, Knol was commissioner of the Twente district. After this, she worked for two years at the North Netherlands regional police unit as Head of Operations and was deputy chief commissioner of the unit. In her position, Knol was concerned, among other things, with the Intelligence portfolio, such as tackling online crime.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-08 |title=Janny Knol: de tweede man van de politie in Noord-Nederland is nu een vrouw |url=https://lc.nl/friesland/Janny-Knol-de-tweede-man-van-de-politie-in-Noord-Nederland-is-nu-een-vrouw-24900264.html |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Leeuwarder Courant |language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wordt Zij de Nieuwe Politiechef van Rotterdam. |url=https://www.pzc.nl/rotterdam/wordt-zij-de-nieuwe-politiechef-van-rotterdam~a708979b/ |access-date=2024-05-19}}</ref> In 2022, she became chief commissioner of the Eastern Netherlands regional police unit, succeeding Oscar Dros.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koninkrijksrelaties |first=Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en |date=2021-12-27 |title=Janny Knol nieuwe politiechef Oost-Nederland - Nieuwsbericht - Algemene Bestuursdienst |url=https://www.algemenebestuursdienst.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/12/27/janny-knol-nieuwe-politiechef-oost-nederland |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=www.algemenebestuursdienst.nl |language=nl-NL}}</ref> On March 1, 2024, she succeeded Henk van Essen as Commissioner of the Dutch National Police. She is the fourth person, and first woman to hold this position.<ref name="politie.nl"/>

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== External links == * {{official website|https://www.politie.nl/onderwerpen/korpschef.html}}

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